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Question #1 (1 Point)
What is quality?
Question #2 (1 Point)
Which of the following is a typical test objective?
a) Preventing defects
b) Repairing defects
c) Comparing actual results to expected results
d) Analyzing the cause of failure
Question #3 (1 Point)
A phone ringing momentarily distracts a programmer, causing the programmer to improperly program the
logic that checks the upper boundary of an input variable. Later, during system testing, a tester notices that
this input field accepts invalid input values. The improperly coded logic for the upper boundary check is:
a) The root-cause
b) The failure
c) The error
d) The defect
Question #4 (1 Point)
A product owner says that your role as a tester on an Agile team is to catch all the bugs before the end of
each iteration. Which of the following is a testing principle that could be used to respond to this (false)
statement?
a) Defect clustering
b) Testing shows the presence of defects
c) Absence of error fallacy
d) Root cause analysis
Select ONE option.
Question #5 (1 Point)
Programmers often write and execute unit tests against code which they have written. During this self-
testing activity, which of the following is a tester mindset that programmers should adopt to perform this
unit testing effectively?
Question #6 (1 Point)
Consider the following testing activities:
1. Selecting regression tests
2. Evaluating completeness of test execution
3. Identifying which user stories have open defect reports
4. Evaluating whether the number of tests for each requirement is consistent with the level of product
risk
Which of the following best matches the testing activity with how traceability can assist that
activity?
Question #7 (1 Point)
A tester participated in a discussion about proposed database structure. The tester identified a potential
performance problem related to certain common user searches. This possible problem was explained to the
development team. Which of the following is a testing contribution to success that BEST matches this
situation?
a) Analyzing a defect
b) Designing test data
c) Assigning a version to a test item
d) Writing a user story
Question #9 (1 Point)
You are running a performance test with the objective of finding possible network bottlenecks in interfaces
between components of a system. Which of the following statements describes this test?
ONE option.
Which of the following list correctly matches test levels from the Foundation syllabus with the defect
focus options given above?
a) Performance test
b) Processor test
c) Functional test
d) Portability
a) Confirmation tests
b) Regression tests
c) Functional tests
d) Change-related tests
a) Facilitator
b) Programmer
c) Author
d) Project manager
a) It is not a static test, because static testing involves execution of the test object
b) It is not a static test, because static testing is always performed using a tool
c) It is a static test, because any defects you find could be found cheaper during dynamic testing
d) It is a static test because static testing does not involve execution of the test object
Consider the following user story and its associated acceptance criteria: As a
player,
I want to be able to acquire the Rod of Midas (a new magic object), so
that I can turn objects and other players into gold
AC1: The Rod must work on any object or player, no matter what size, which can be
touched anywhere by the player holding the Rod
AC2: Holding the Rod does not change the player holding it into gold
AC3: Any object or player touched by the Rod transforms completely into gold within one
millisecond
AC4: The Rod appears as shown in Prototype O.W.RoM
AC5: The transformation starts at the point of contact with the Rod and moves at a rate of
one meter per millisecond
a) White-box
b) Black-box
c) Experience-based
d) Error guessing
a) More experienced testers who have tested similar applications and technologies are likely to
do better than less experienced testers at exploratory testing
b) Exploratory testing does not identify any additional tests beyond those that would result from
formal test techniques
c) The time required to complete an exploratory testing session cannot be predicted in advance
d) Exploratory testing can involve the use of black-box techniques but not white-box
techniques
a) Specification-based
b) Exploratory
c) Checklist-based
d) Error guessing
a) Statement testing
b) Exploratory testing
c) State transition testing
d) Decision testing
One night, the batch application terminates prematurely, failing to e-mail statements to some customers,
when it encounters a customer with one account for which no transactions occurred in the last month. This
is a very unusual situation and has not occurred in the years since this application was placed in production.
While fixing the defect, a programmer asks you to recommend test techniques that are effective against this
kind of defect. Which of the following test techniques would most likely have been able to detect the
underlying defect?
a) Decision testing
b) Statement testing
c) Checklist-based testing
d) Error guessing
Which of the following is a minimum set of desired amounts that covers the equivalence partitions for this
input?
Which of the following is a set of input values that cover the boundary values with two-point
boundary values for this field?
Condition 1 2 3
Account/password okay N Y Y
Sufficient points - N Y
Action
Show flight history N Y Y
Allow reward travel N N Y
Suppose that there are two equivalence partitions for the condition where “Account/password okay” is not
true, one where the account is invalid and another where the account is valid, but the password is invalid.
Suppose that there is only one equivalence partition corresponding to the condition where
“Account/password okay” is true, where both the account and password are valid.
If you want to design tests to cover the equivalence partitions for “Account/password okay” and also for
this portion of the decision table, what is the minimum number of tests required?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 9
Assume that you want to develop the minimum number of tests to cover each transition in the state transition
diagram. Assume further that each test must start at the beginning state, waiting for customer, and each test
ends when a transition arrives at the beginning state. How many tests do you need?
a) 4
b) 7
c) 1
d) Infinite
a) 10.0, 28.0
b) 0.4, 0.5, 25.0, 25.1
c) 0.2, 0.9, 29.5
d) 12.3
Which of the following would be a good summary for a defect report for this failure, one that
captures both the essence of the failure and its impact on stakeholders?
a) Web server logs show error 0x44AB27 when running test 07.005, which is not an expected error
message in /tmp filesystem
b) Developers have introduced major availability defect which will seriously upset our
customers
c) Performance is slow and reliability flaky under load
d) Typical funds-transfer transaction results in termination of customer session, with a delay in
availability when attempting to reconnect
Which of the following is a possible test execution schedule that considers both priorities and
dependencies?
1. The assigned developer finds and fixes the defect, then creates an experimental build
2. A peer developer reviews, unit tests, and confirmation tests the defect fix on his/her
desktop
3. A tester – usually the one who found the defect – confirmation tests the defect fix in the
development environment
4. Once a day, a new release with all confirmed defect fixes included, is installed in the test
environment
5. The same tester from step 3 confirmation tests the defect fix in the test environment
Nevertheless, a large number of defects which the testers confirmed as fixed in the development
environment (in step 3) are somehow failing confirmation testing in the test environment, with the
resulting rework and cycle time outcomes. You have the highest confidence in your testers and have ruled
out mistakes or omissions in step 3.
Which of the following is the MOST likely part of the process to check next?
a) Scope of testing
b) Approach of testing
c) Metrics of testing
d) Configuration management of the test object